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Rebecca Elliott on creating Zoo Girl
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 30/05/2011 19:18:08
Highly Commended in our Junior Design Awards category Picture Book Of The Year, author and illustrator Rebecca Elliott gives us the back story to her latest book, Zoo Girl
Where did you get the idea for Zoo Girl? The rough idea for Zoo Girl had been buzzing around my head for years, but as with all my book ideas, at some point I have to grab that vague, floaty idea, pin it down and try to make sense of it and mould
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Too Many Girls (surely not!)
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 17/06/2011 15:39:30
Jonty Lees battle-of-the-sexes tale was highly-commended in our category for Most Promising New Talent
“BEFORE I HAD children, I knew some other men who had lots of daughters,” says author-illustrator Jonty Lees. “I thought, they’ve got the life! All those girls loving you and your house being lovely, and I could never understand why they enjoyed
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Most Promising New Talent 2011
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 01/06/2011 10:09:32
*Winner*Foxly's Feast by Owen Davey (Templar, £10.99), 2+Read our Q&A with Owen Davey
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Picture Book Of The Year 2011
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 20/05/2011 17:22:18
*Winner*The Gift by Carol Ann Duffy and Rob Ryan (Barefoot Books, £10.99), 3+
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Shortlisted Picture Book Of The Year: Belle & Boo And The Birthday Surprise
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 13:40:44
The innocent whimsical charms of a little girl, Belle, and her pet bunny, Boo
to clothes and toys, it is the dreamy illustrations that are the real stars of the show here.What other award have Belle & Boo won in the Junior Design Awards 2012?Belle & Boo And The Birthday Surprise by Mandy Sutcliffe (Orchard, £10.99)
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Rob Ryan: Scissorhands
By Kelly Beswick on 19/07/2011 14:28:07
The winner of our Junior Design Award for Picture Book Of The Year, The Gift is a mesmerising tale told with beautiful paper-cut illustrations by the brilliant Rob Ryan
Duffy and Rob Ryan (Barefoot Books, £10.99).
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Orla Kiely: The Queen of Pattern
By Catherine O'Dolan on 29/05/2012 19:16:15
The Irish designertakes inspiration from the colours of her childhood to create iconic designs as she branches out into picture books
– all familiar first words – adorn the pages and help teach concepts like number, shape and colour recognition. But it is in the crisp design and tasteful colour palette that the books bear the unmistakable Orla touch. There are no garish primaries here
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A conversation with Yokococo, author of Hans & Matilda
By Catherine O'Dolan on 17/05/2012 13:19:47
Meet the winner of the Most Promising New Talent in our Junior Design Awards 2012
was always disappointed to see the comments of my mother and teachers then. It was always the same: “Yoko is shy and quiet.”What were your favourite books as a child?One of my favourite picture books when I was little was 'Pitschi' by Hans Fischer
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Best Classic Book: Miffy At The Gallery
By Words: Catherine O'Dolan Photography: Ferry André de la Porte on 17/05/2011 16:27:44
An interview with author, Dick Bruna, who tells us about the creation of his iconic bunny girl, Miffy
At The Gallery? I often think of ideas for my books as I’m cycling to my studio in Utrecht each morning. But art galleries have always been important to me – my first visit to the big art galleries in Paris when I was 18 was completely life changing – so I always
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Miffy the bunny girl
By Catherine O'Dolan on 22/03/2012 16:43:57
How one innocent little white rabbit with a kiss for lips came to be a classic icon in children's literature
– or Nijntje as she is called in her native Netherlands – has become a global publishing sensation. Her distinctive silhouette has appeared in over 20 Miffy books, her gentle tales translated into over 40 languages. In Holland, Miffy is nothing short of a
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